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Skyfall (2012)iMDB Rating: 7.8
Date Released : 9 November 2012
Genre : Action, Adventure, Thriller
Stars : Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB
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When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.
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Review :
Competently directed but full of plot holes and strange narrative decisions
After a botched MI6 operation in Istanbul, a lone mercenary, Patrice
(Ola Rapace), escapes with a computer file containing details about
undercover agents working within terrorist organisations. James Bond is
accidentally shot by his partner Eve (Naomie Harris) and believed to be
dead. Back in London, M (Judi Dench) finds her position threatened by
Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), who urges her to retire in the
aftermath of Istanbul. When the MI6 headquarters are bombed following a
threatening cyber-message to M, Bond returns, facing questions about
his mental state and his physical ability. But when Patrice is tracked
down, an assassination leads Bond to a casino in Macao, owned by cyber-
terrorist Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), a former colleague of M's.
If I can say off the bat, I've always been in favour of this re-
invention of Bond. As the 'old' Bond films were progressing, they were
becoming gradually more ridiculous and fantasy-laden, leading to the
inexplicable invisible car in Pierce Brosnan's last film as Bond, Die
Another Day (2002). The films seemed to be losing sight of Ian
Fleming's source novels, and although they remained commercial hits,
Brosnan's outings (with the exception of GoldenEye (1995) were becoming
increasingly dire. Casino Royale set the tone early with a moody black-
and-white sequence that gave birth to Daniel Craig's colder, brutal
Bond, less concerned with how his Martini's were made than going to
extreme (and illegal) lengths to bring down his target(s). Royale's
reinvention showed a darker side to the beloved character, yet staying
with tradition, still kept him at an emotional distance.
Director Sam Mendes made the bold decision to reveal more about Bond's
past and childhood, risking fanboy wrath and damaging Bond's almost
mythical characterisations. The main crux of the film focuses on his
relationship with M, a stern authoritarian that risks career and her
own soul in putting national safety and the success of a mission above
the lives of her agents. Bond, being a willing soldier, follows M
blindly, and when Silva announces his intention to enact revenge on M
for a former betrayal, Bond takes M to his childhood home, Skyfall.
Bond facing his childhood allows time to develop on Bond's tormented
psyche, but it all seems quite out of place. One of the most intriguing
things about Bond is his almost suicidal willingness to risk all for
his job due to his almost complete lack of emotion, but Skyfall is
unable to make any grand revelations so it all comes to nothing more
than a distraction. (Saying that, the only previous Bond film to try
and engage Bond emotionally led to one of the most devastatingly cold
climaxes in the series' history in the underrated On Her Majesty's
Secret Service (1969)).
As well as the Bourne series, it seems that Christopher Nolan's Dark
Knight trilogy (2005-2012) is a major influence on this film in
particular. Mendes delves deeper into the workings and hierarchy of
MI6, rather than just a boss sat behind a desk, and adds a modern, more
'real' bad guy in Silva to the mix (even stealing the Joker's voluntary
arrest in The Dark Knight (2008)). Silva is a technical genius, able to
hack MI6's database with relative ease, and also proving himself more
resourceful and intelligent than Bond and M realise. Bardem is
wonderful in the role (as you would expect), but sadly his character is
not. Labelling him simply as a cyber virtuoso seems like a very lazy
way to allow Silva to repeatedly outwit MI6 and their own technical
marvel Q (Ben Whishaw) to the point where you wonder if Britain's
finest could really be so stupid. The film is therefore full of
plot-holes and distracting MacGuffin's that stretches out the running
time to more than it really needs to be.
Skyfall also asks a lot of the audience, especially when it comes to
suspending their belief. Before the frankly bizarre opening sequence
appears and we are treated to Adele's drab title song, we witness an
already wounded Bond get shot with a rifle and fall over 300 feet from
the Varda Viaduct into water, only to emerge alive and romancing a
mystery woman. No explanation is given as to how he manages to survive
the ordeal, and given the revelations about Bond's diminishing physical
prowess, it seems rather insulting. As questions are raised by his
superiors over Bond's ability to his job given his age (it must be the
grey in his stubble), Bond is put through various tests in which he
struggles with, yet half way through the film, this seems to be simply
put aside as he competently shoots and fights his way through various
bad guys. Again, no real explanation given.
Like I stated before, the most suitable word to describe this film
would be underwhelming, especially with the critical adoration that the
film was lavished with. The action scenes are dull, with nothing
matching the free-jumping opening of Royale. They are also quite
strange - was anyone expecting a henchman to be eaten by a CGI Komodo
dragon? How about death by underwater funky chicken? It all leads to a
very unsatisfying climax at Skyfall, where a simple shoot-out and foot
chase fail to justify a 2 hour-plus build-up. It feels like the entire
film is building up to an explosive climax that never comes. I found
the whole experiencing really quite baffling, with the attempts to mix
the old with the new Bond never really convincing or flowing. The film
is competently directed by Mendes however, and everything looks
suitably crisp and clean. What direction all of this means for Bond, I
don't know, but given the film is currently the 14th highest-grossing
film of all time, and the film somehow being lauded by critics and
audiences alike, it won't be too long until Craig dons the suit once
again.
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